Excerpt from Bertha, Vol. 2 of 3: A Romance of the Dark Ages So had the day been commenced upon that succeeding the events described in the preceding chapter. The Mass was over the poor had been relieved, and now there were gathered in the great, dark, gloomy hall of the Frauenstein, the Countess Adela, her husband, one who wore the robes of a bishop, and a fourth, whose shoulders were covered with a thin crimson cloak, of the finest texture, and decorated at the four corners with star-like ornaments in rich gold embroidery - and beneath which, was to be seen dazzling polished armour which seemed to be composed of silver marine shells, lapping closely over each other, but so minute as to allow of the freest mo tion to the body and limbs that they en cased. These two strangers were the Bishop of Halberstadt, and Otho, Duke of Bavaria. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.